Donald Trump Is Leaving Paul Ryan and John McCain Out to Dry (Again)

Jesus H. Christ lying four at The Road Hole, will this man allow me no rest?

He, Trump unlimbered himself to The Washington Post on Tuesday. You know The Post, right? That dishonest and sad (!) failing newspaper that constantly is doing the most unfair thing you can do to the man, which is to quote him accurately. He, Trump had some thoughts to share about his fellow Republicans. Per The Post:

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With Ryan's Wisconsin primary scheduled for next Tuesday, Trump praised the House speaker's underdog opponent, Paul Nehlen, for running "a very good campaign." Trump said that Ryan has sought his endorsement, but that as of now he is only "giving it very serious consideration.""I like Paul, but these are horrible times for our country," Trump said. "We need very strong leadership. We need very, very strong leadership. And I'm just not quite there yet. I'm not quite there yet."

Also, too…

"I've never been there with John McCain because I've always felt that he should have done a much better job for the vets," Trump continued. "He has not done a good job for the vets and I've always felt that he should have done a much better job for the vets. So I've always had a difficult time with John for that reason, because our vets are not being treated properly. They're not being treated fairly."

And, furthermore…

"New Hampshire is one of my favorite places," Trump said. "You have a Kelly Ayotte who doesn't want to talk about Trump, but I'm beating her in the polls by a lot. You tell me. Are these people that should be representing us, okay? You tell me." Trump continued, "I don't know Kelly Ayotte. I know she's given me no support—zero support—and yet I'm leading her in the polls. I'm doing very well in New Hampshire. We need loyal people in this country. We need fighters in this country. We don't need weak people. We have enough of them. We need fighters in this country. But Kelly Ayotte has given me zero support, and I'm doing great in New Hampshire."

All three of these people deserve what they get from this towering ingrate, because they've been trying to okey-doke their way past the immutable fact that the same Republican voters that elected them are the ones that nominated a vulgar talking yam. (If he does duck the debates, will he be a Candy-Assed Yam? Signs point to "yes.") None of them deserve an ounce of sympathy, and Ryan especially deserves to lose next week, because the only reason he hasn't jumped ship on the nominee is because a Trump win is the only chance he'll get to starve granny properly. The guy running against him, Paul Nehlen, is running on the basis that Paul Ryan is Not Conservative Enough.

I might understand what He, Trump is up to here merely on the basis of pure animal cunning. Suppose a meteor lands somewhere between Janesville and Kenosha next Tuesday, holding turnout down, and Nehlen upsets the sitting Speaker of the House. Or something equally strange happens in Arizona, and McCain goes down. Neither of these things is bloody likely, but, if even one of them were to occur, He, Trump would have some very impressive scalps to wave around at his next regularly scheduled public "episode." The elite political media would spend a great deal of time pondering the "hidden Trump voter" and do their damnedest to turn this baby into a horse-race again. Those are the things that could happen, but probably won't. And, in any case, He, Trump would remain about nine slices short of a loaf.

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